From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 30 13:24:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77B1916A4E1 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:24:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C32A743D46 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:24:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so952029uge for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:24:18 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=B+gqqB+o5RgcYAmAKI9gdoXZFOOZMSSp0mTGx5mowOotJPdEjdJ+hwLrgcNH+oWi5BRUGDWWqheNMcbfTihDZJ3SHKkZxaXhdJGIfvVsYy6yJJziNxJ99al/6bN8TL0Jf1N5Z+ovsCmzL2kl/ZYF+8k2PGvKdYrko0jUprCb/5o= Received: by 10.78.160.2 with SMTP id i2mr4799963hue; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:24:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.139.10 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:24:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3ee9ca710610300524y7db3dc1bg56e144b452d90dc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:24:18 -0500 From: "Andy Greenwood" To: "David Schulz" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions Subject: Re: IPFW and PF X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:24:20 -0000 PF, for two reasons. Firstly, because I don't have to mess with arbitrary rule numbers; I can just scroll down the page and know that rules will be executed in that order. Secondly becuase I can easily integrate bruteforceblocker. On 10/28/06, David Schulz wrote: > Hi all, > > IPFW seems to be the same IPFW that is used on MacOSX, so it seems to > make sense to learn and lean on IPFW when using in a mixed Machine > Environment. On the other side, many People seem to say PF is easier > to manage once a setup gets complicated. As usual, both sides have > their own valid points. My question though is not whether any of the > two , IPFW of PF is better then the other, but which of the two do > you use, and why? > > Thanks, > David > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- I'm nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream